How do you...?

[M.T. Pockets]

Depends on the time of year and area, and weather conditions.

If you're talking about this time of year, hopefully you'll have snow. In open country you can spend some time glassing but I've had as much luck as any just walking the timber quietly in likely elk country until I cut a track or see them. Sometimes you'll hear them and it's possible to even smell them first.

The more time you spend in the timber, the more likely you are to run into them.